Dark Eldar Razorwings!

We just did some Razorwings for Richard Allen, a returning Dark Eldar client. He had an idea for using the shadow grey elements of his paint scheme, for the recesses of the Razorwings. It came out rather well I think!

What I feel also works well, is how suggestive his main basecoat color is, of wraithbone.

Under the new edition the Dark Eldar can have Eldar allies, so we did a few of those for him as well.

Cheers,

Navin, www.paintedfigs.com

Colossal!

A Cygnar Colossal we just finished for Thomas Woodard. This is the first Colossal we've done, and I rather like it.

The detail on the model is pretty good. It's a distinctively Cygnar looking figure, but there's a certain symmetry and tastefulness: its detailed without being busy. If I have to use a word for it, I would call the design classy.

Looking forward to seeing more of the Colossal range, we should have a few turning up soon.

Some Ariadna Minis

Suraj, our photographer, can be a loose cannon. Here are some Ariadna pictures he took for Gentry Lee -- against another client's fantasy terrain. 

 

Near future humans have never looked so out of place, and not even caring. 

                            

Dust Tactics Model Review

We've just painted up our first set of Dust Tactics. This stuff is intense.

The walker sculpts are great. I don't know if FFG has plans to make ridiculous super tanks, but they should. Both the Allies and Axis have some cool designs, and after six years of painting Flames of War I can say the Allied units certainly have a very WW2 feel.

The infantry are nice models. They've got a certain simplicity: part of this is because they're in bog standard military uniforms and armor. The other part is that that they don't share the GW aesthetic of packing lots of characterful doodads. This is neither here nor there, but I always prefer doodads. 

The Axis forces are fantastic. I don't know if this is just the Gamer "gas masks and Nazi colors" fetish, but they just have so much more style and presence:

Come on. How can you not like that?

The infantry do have a lack of detail on their faces, and I've noticed this about FFG's board game minis too. There's just nothing interesting about the faces -- Reaper often has this problem too -- they do boring faces that are bored of themselves. 

Dust Tactics is a good source of cheaper armor if you're looking for a bunch of interesting walkers -- and I bet there'll be super tanks from them soon enough. The Axis forces look great as Krieg or Steel Legion stand ins, and with a few bitz slapped on you've got some fantastic sentinels. Oh, and I bet Dust Tactics is probably a good game too.